Extension gas-chandelier



(No Model.)

J. T. RICE. EXTENSION GAS GHANDELIER.

No. 603,775. Patented May 10,1898..

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES T. RICE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

EXTENSION GAS-CHANDELIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters lPatent No. 603,775, dated May 10, 1898.

Application filed January 2 1897.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES T. RICE, of Cleveland, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Extension Gas-Chandeliers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain improvements in sliding or extension chandeliers; and it consists in the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, and as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which shows a view in vertical section.

In the drawing the figure is a view in Vertical section of a gas-chandelier constructed according to my invention, showing the chandelier provided with a flexible tube between the point of connection with the supply-pipe and the pipe supplying the cross-arms of the chandelier.

A represents agas-supply pipe which is formed generally so as to be located overhead and extending in a nib for fastening the upper end of the chandelier thereto.

B represents that portion of the chandelier which is adapted to be connected to the nib of pipe A. This portion B of the chandelier preferably extends downward into a casing O, which latter surrounds the said pipe B. As shown in the drawing, the pipe B is provided at its lower end with a connection D, suitable for attaching a flexible gas-hose E thereto. This gas-hose E is formed sufficiently long at least to allow of the fullest extension of the chandelier and is attached at its lower end to a tube F, which communicates with two or more cross-arms G G of the chandelier and supplies the gas thereto. An outer casing C is provided, which surrounds the upper por- Serial No. 617,712. (No model.)

tion of the chandelier and is formed stationary with said upper portion. This portion of the casing O is so constructed as to surround and contain the pipe 13 and is of such length as to allow the chandelier to be elevated as high as it is desired.

0 illustrates the lower portion of the outer casing, which is so formed as to form'a slipjoint with the casing O. This portion of the casing C is permanently secured with the parts connected with the pipe F, or, in other words, it moves up and down with the crossarms G G.

In connection with the hose E, as illustrated in the drawing, I prefer to provide two extension-rods J J, one projected downward from the pipe B and the other extending upward from the pipe F. My object in providing the pieces J J is so that they will act as a guide for the coiled hose E and keep the same from becoming tangled.

What I claim is A sliding or extensible chandelier, comprising asupply-pipe and upper stationary casing surrounding said supply-pipe, a delivery-pipe connected centrally to a lower movable casin g and depending therefrom, a coiled flexible pipe connected at one end to the supply-pipe and at the other end to the deliverypipe, and rods projecting from said supply and delivery pipes, around which the ends of the flexible pipes are coiled so that said rods serve as guides for said flexible pipe, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification, in the presence of two witnesses, this 14th day of December, 1896.

JAMES '1. RICE.

Witnesses:

W. E. DONNELLY, ELLA E. TILDEN. 

